12 APR 17 SNA/SNFO Board

[Robiedog]

First off kits for this board were due March 13. So if your application isn't submitted you're shit out of luck for this board, but don't worry there's more boards. If I were you I'd be texting/calling my recruiter as much as possible if he wasn't replying. It's your career and your future so be annoying if that's what it takes to get an answer from him. If you did make it for this board we should be hearing back around a week after the board meets on April 12. As for you I'd say it might be a good thing if you didn't make it just so you can maybe clear your eye problem and add SNA to your app too. Best of luck!

Thanks very much for the reply.

I contacted another office in the area and the recruiter who answered was able to track down my application and confirm is was submitted for this board.

I have a Masters and a high GPA, but I took the ASTB cold, and only pulled off a 51 5/6/6, so I think I'll stay with NFO for this board. If I don't get picked up, I'll redo depth perception and retake the test.

Thanks again!

 

[msv123]

Hi everyone, first time poster here. Please bear with me, I am a total noob.

I finalized my application for NFO in early March (couldn't do SNA due to 60 arc second depth perception, but hadn't slept that night and hope to retest and switch at some point if possible). My recruiter told me he was going to submit my application to the March board. I can only assume he meant this one.

He told me I'd have results by the end of March, but since according to the schedule, the board convenes on April 10, I'm not sure how that's possible. He's ignored one text and one call and I'd rather not pester him about it. His office is in Virginia and I'm in Florida so I can't really walk in either.

Just so I can clear things up, the results for this board will be coming in the days after April 10th, right? It seems many of you are concerned with getting your applications in on time, but my recruiter never told me I had to do anything other than get all the materials to him, which I did.

I also listed intel and spec-war programs in my top five, but I was never asked to take the PST and I've heard nothing about the IWC board which I know for a fact is done, though I'd refuse if selected because I want combat arms.

Can I count on my recruiter to get in touch with my results, and when will they come? I just finished grad school and I'm sort of sitting at home in limbo. I can't get a job that I'll just have to quit in a few months.

Thank you and good luck to everyone else who applied. I grew up in Newport and hope to see you all there!

When you said you didn’t have do anything else except give him the materials he needed…. Have you gone to MEPS???

 

[rotorhead211]

When you said you didn’t have do anything else except give him the materials he needed…. Have you gone to MEPS???

What he said. You need to go to meps and get finger printed... I almost missed this board because my finger prints took forever to get processed.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Hi everyone, first time poster here. Please bear with me, I am a total noob.

I finalized my application for NFO in early March (couldn't do SNA due to 60 arc second depth perception, but hadn't slept that night and hope to retest and switch at some point if possible). My recruiter told me he was going to submit my application to the March board. I can only assume he meant this one.

He told me I'd have results by the end of March, but since according to the schedule, the board convenes on April 10, I'm not sure how that's possible. He's ignored one text and one call and I'd rather not pester him about it. His office is in Virginia and I'm in Florida so I can't really walk in either.

Just so I can clear things up, the results for this board will be coming in the days after April 10th, right? It seems many of you are concerned with getting your applications in on time, but my recruiter never told me I had to do anything other than get all the materials to him, which I did.

I also listed intel and spec-war programs in my top five, but I was never asked to take the PST and I've heard nothing about the IWC board which I know for a fact is done, though I'd refuse if selected because I want combat arms.

Can I count on my recruiter to get in touch with my results, and when will they come? I just finished grad school and I'm sort of sitting at home in limbo. I can't get a job that I'll just have to quit in a few months.

Thank you and good luck to everyone else who applied. I grew up in Newport and hope to see you all there!

So no PST no SEAL, if you didn't put Intel #1 then don't worry about it. There are 5 spots but your recruiter should know that IWC designators rarely taken anyone that doesn't list them #1, Supply is the same, SWO needs to be 1 or 2, so there is no reason to fill out all 5, in fact depending on the order he put them he could have shafted you.

 

[msv123]

So no PST no SEAL, if you didn't put Intel #1 then don't worry about it. There are 5 spots but your recruiter should know that IWC designators rarely taken anyone that doesn't list them #1, Supply is the same, SWO needs to be 1 or 2, so there is no reason to fill out all 5, in fact depending on the order he put them he could have shafted you.

For SEAL, it was my understanding that you would have to go to Coronado for a 2-week Seal Officer Assessment and Selection although I’m not sure if this is before or after you go through the OCS board (I would assume before?). It would also help to be a senator’s son….

 

[exNavyOffRec]

For SEAL, it was my understanding that you would have to go to Coronado for a 2-week Seal Officer Assessment and Selection although I’m not sure if this is before or after you go through the OCS board (I would assume before?). It would also help to be a senator’s son….

eh, I dealt with several that were related to people who were either high ranking USN officers or elected officials, only one actually was selected and that person was selected aviation with a high GPA and 8's on the ASTB so would have been selected anyway.

 

[Robiedog]

What he said. You need to go to meps and get finger printed... I almost missed this board because my finger prints took forever to get processed.

Thanks for all the replies everyone.

I never went to MEPS, my recruiter sent me directly to Walter Reed. I had everything done there over two appointments.

I was able to contact a different recruiter who looked up my application in the national system and he confirmed it's been submitted for consideration by this board.

I guess my recruiter was confident enough I'd get NFO that he didn't bother asking me to take the PST. Too bad, since my PST numbers are far more impressive than my ASTB scores =D

 

[hdr777]

I never went to MEPS, my recruiter sent me directly to Walter Reed. I had everything done there over two appointments.

I'm going to Walter Reed for my physical on Monday (not applying to this board), is there anything to know about how the process works there?

 

[Robiedog]

I'm going to Walter Reed for my physical on Monday (not applying to this board), is there anything to know about how the process works there?

I had a great experience.
If you can't find where to go, just ask someone and they'll point you in the right direction.

One thing though, the checklist you'll receive at the beginning (basically a scavenger hunt through the hospital of tests and such) is a general requirement sheet, and the program you want might require additional tests. Make sure you know exactly what you need to get done for your program. I just assumed they'd do everything that was needed, but ended up having to go back for more bloodwork and eye tests.

You might need to schedule separate appointments for dental. See if you can time it so you can go back for dental and have your TB test read on the same day (they put a bubble of stuff under your skin and you have to go back several days later and have it read). Also grab your flu-shot there if you haven't had one.

 

[hdr777]

the program you want might require additional tests. Make sure you know exactly what you need to get done for your program. I just assumed they'd do everything that was needed, but ended up having to go back for more bloodwork and eye tests.

So if I am applying as a SNA, is there anything I should try and get done that they wouldn't normally do? Or where would I find what the requirements are for different programs?

 

[rotorhead211]

Thanks for all the replies everyone.

I never went to MEPS, my recruiter sent me directly to Walter Reed. I had everything done there over two appointments.

I was able to contact a different recruiter who looked up my application in the national system and he confirmed it's been submitted for consideration by this board.

I guess my recruiter was confident enough I'd get NFO that he didn't bother asking me to take the PST. Too bad, since my PST numbers are far more impressive than my ASTB scores =D

Congrats. Good luck man!

 

[Robiedog]

So if I am applying as a SNA, is there anything I should try and get done that they wouldn't normally do? Or where would I find what the requirements are for different programs?

Yeah, make sure they do a depth perception test. They'll show you a tablet with nine groups of 4 circle patterns. One of them is 3d and you have to say which for all nine. Careful, it's tough.

One other thing was hepatitis-c, they didn't test for it in the original bloodwork but it's required and I had to get more bloodwork.

As for specific program requirements, I actually don't know. My recruiter didn't either. I'm sure it's published somewhere, but those PDFs I've seen on Navy.mil aren't helpful. I've had a traumatic pneumothorax among other crazy injuries and thought they'd DQ me from flight for it, but when I asked the lady, she was like "well you took a plane to DC right? You're fine."

 

[Hammer10k]

Yeah, make sure they do a depth perception test. They'll show you a tablet with nine groups of 4 circle patterns. One of them is 3d and you have to say which for all nine. Careful, it's tough.

One other thing was hepatitis-c, they didn't test for it in the original bloodwork but it's required and I had to get more bloodwork.

As for specific program requirements, I actually don't know. My recruiter didn't either. I'm sure it's published somewhere, but those PDFs I've seen on Navy.mil aren't helpful. I've had a traumatic pneumothorax among other crazy injuries and thought they'd DQ me from flight for it, but when I asked the lady, she was like "well you took a plane to DC right? You're fine."

So if I am applying as a SNA, is there anything I should try and get done that they wouldn't normally do? Or where would I find what the requirements are for different programs?

I failed depth perception at MEPS and had a civilian optometrist clear me. This isn't an option anymore so you have to be vigilant with preparing for the DP test.

This product is similar to what you will be tested on: http://www.ophthalmologyweb.com/564...132-Randot-Stereo-Test/?pda=5649|55132_8_0|||

It's the "seconds of arc" portion where you pick out raised circles in a line of four circles. You keep going until you get one wrong. You need to get past five or six rows in order to clear for pilot. GO SLOW. There are lots of people going through MEPS and it's easy to get caught up in the rush of each station. Take your time on all vision related tests.

Practice with websites like these: http://magiceye.com/ http://www.mediacollege.com/3d/depth-perception/test.html

Get lots of sleep the night before and be hydrated. No caffeine the morning of MEPS.

 

[JoeLight]

ASTB is the biggest factor of the selection process. More than likely the board won't read your motivational statement. You don't need to write the next Gettysburg address in your statement.

I have been told by a person at the NRD on the phone that in addition to the motivational statement there is some type of addendum where you can explain things like why your GPA is low.

Do you happen to know if the board reads this addendum?

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I have been told by a person at the NRD on the phone that in addition to the motivational statement there is some type of addendum where you can explain things like why your GPA is low.

Do you happen to know if the board reads this addendum?

There was an additions comments part, might still be there, I doubt they read it, and if they do depending on the board member you could sink yourself, as an example, I had a candidate that had a lower GPA due to working throughout college, he was a no, when I had the opportunity to ask a person that sits the board about that situation they said he should have been able to figure out that he needed to take fewer classes to do better in the ones he was taking and if he can't figure that can he juggle everything an officer does, I asked a few other mostly hypothetical scenarios and it was evident that in most cases they really don't care about the reason.

You however are in a bit of a different category since you are applying for SNA and they weigh the ASTB pretty heavy, so if you end up with a GPA around 2.6/2.7 that might be good enough to get a "Y" with your ASTB.